A beautiful feudal Japanese city is erupting in violence. And it's Misty streets and Allie is a killer lyrics, waiting his prey. When the victim appears, and one fell stroke, the villain decapitates him for a bundor-a war trophy. But it is peacetime, and the murdered man is a favored vassal of the ruling family. Sano Ichiro is the show guns most honorable investigator of events, situations, and people. Clearly, the murder constitutes an act of war against the shogun, and it falls to Sano to find the culprit. Danger and deception dog is every step through the sumptuous castle, the Audrey pleasure district, and the serene temples of the city. Only by using his wits and cleaving to Bushido, the way of the warrior, can sano saw the case that we bring him glory, or shame him and his ancestors forever. First Harper paperbacks printing June 1997.

ISBN: 0061011975